The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-04-08
$l2, 600, 900 during the present

he commissioners oil patents mas rrhuer-
ed decision, giving J. W. McDououEh the
right to open the old Bell telephone case.
In response TO Il communication from
the COMMISSIONS OF Indian affairs, the at
torney general rendcred an opinion ON tn"
construction to be placed upon certain am.
hlguOus sections Of the Indian lands i'll
sevcralty law, in which he holds; Indians
who have herct ofOre received all allotment
of d less quantity Of land than is provided
for in the act are entitled to receive an Hd
uitiOnal allotment sufficient to make the
entire quantity allowed equal to h a
named in the act. The work OF making
the allotment may be lone by either a
special or regular agent without the con
currence OF the other,
Com mander-in Chief Lucius Fairchild,
OF the G. A. r., has undertaken to raise
funds for the erection OF a monument to
Gen. Grant.
Sam Turner, the hotel man and part
proprietor OF the Grand Pacific hotel,
Chicago, died.
The postmaster general has issued a
circular letter to pOstmasters, calling at
tentiOu to the advantages Of the special
delivery system, and urging them to COM
mend its use to the public as worthy OF
confidence.
In the presidents mail was a letter
postmarked Bro Oklyn, \. Y, containing a
$500 gold certificate and a note saying,
9TH money is for custom house duty" 1t
was placed to the credit Of the conscience
fund.
Secretary Whitney is considering the
plans submitted by the board appointed to
ascertain the amount OF plant required to
equip the Washington navy yard as an
ordnance foundry. 1t is probable that
the plans decided upon will be made public
in a short time.
The president appointed Constantine V.
Gallagher postmaster at Omaha, vice c.
h. COuant, removed.
Pingree & Smiths shoe factory in De
troit, the largest one in Michigan, was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $780, 600.
Marine Leyba, a notorious outlaw and
Desperate and leader OF a gang who ter
rOrized Central New M%exiCofOr six months,
was killed while resisting arrest near Ante
lope Springs, Colorado. Joaquin Montera
and Carlos JaCOnie were deputized by
Sheriff Chavenz to make the arrest, and
met Leyba on the mountain trail. When
ordered to surrender, all three fred their
revOlveTs. MOntera got a bnllet through
his hat and Leyba fell dead at his feet
shot through the head.
Authentic information has been received
from St. Petersburg that a fresh attempt
was made upon the cars life at the
CATCHING palace. The car was not in
iured.
A sensation occurred in the Park heater
in Brooklyn, during the performance OF
Sol Smith Russell, in the comedy Pa"
During the performance a man unknown
to the company forced his way on the stage
and proceeded to dance a hornpipe. 1t
took several stage hands to eject him.
IV;1I;,-n G;~,, coo~,4ovr ~ Aho ,E,ko.
board OF agriculture OF Kansas, writes:
The estimated area sown to wheat is 80
per cent, less than last year; 10 per cent.
OF this has been winter killed" Gilbert 4.
Osmun, secretary OF the state board OF
agriculture of Michigan, writes: The
weather has continued very u~nfavorable
for wheat, and it is hardly possible that
the plant has escaped serious injury"
Writ Butler, a prominent farmer and son
OF ex-State Treasurer Butler, shot and
killed Thomas Reed, a man in his employ,
near Springfield, III. Butler says he acted
in self-defense.
Gen. Post has come out ahead in the
contested congressional election case at
Galesburg, Ill. Worthington is his demo.
cratic opponent.
Further accounts are received OF the ter
rible effects of the drouth in Texas. The
~ NAN SASAS NNNH NAJ NNAANA
General Reynolds OF Alabama, like ex-
Lieut.. Gov. Reynolds of Missouri, was
killed by falling down an elevator well.
The men resembled each other closely.
The former Reynolds, however, was not
q suicide.
Capt. Jack Lawson OF Paducah, KY. in.
sists that he was the first man to run a
locomotive in America. He ran the first
engine on the Baltimore & Susquehanna
railroad in 1880.
The sign ITO Let" hangs on the wall OF
the Brooklyn residence OF the late Henry
Ward Beecher.
r. T. Bush OF Brooklyn, owner Of the
C~oronet, says be will sell her for $3.50,
600.
The congress Of churches and Christians
commenced its session in Chicago, its OBJ
iect being the inauguration Of movement
to crush out secret societies. About three
hundred delegates, mostly men, were pres
ent from several states.
Near Beulah, Miss, w. T.. Lane, member
OF the legislature. shot Charles Yaman
several times, from the effects Of which he
died several hours later. Cause domestic
trouble.
Mayor Hewitt created a sensation in
New York by declaring that unless the po-
lice of the city aided him in suppressing
the dives he would resign at once.
The Connecticut senate, by a vote OF 20
to 8, passed the ten-hour law for women
and children already passed by the house.
1t is tho same as the Massachusetts, law.
An amendment excepting mercantile es-
Establishments was rejected -13 to g..
Messrs. Cooley, Morrison, Shoemaker
and Walker, of the interstate commerce
commission, called At the White House
and paid their respects to the president.
Con ~ ssiieaes Bragg did net arrive in tiie
city in time to so with them, but called at
the White House shortly afterwards, and